Resumo

MENDIETA RAMIREZ, Angélica  e  ESTRADA RODRIGUEZ, José Luis. Democracy and political culture in Mexico: the opinión of young people, based on the ENCUCI, 2020. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.27, e566.  Epub 06-Maio-2024. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v14i27.1687.

This research aims to know the political culture and citizen practices of 3 age groups: a) 15 to 24 years, b) 25 to 34 years, and; c) 45 to 54 years old who were selected from the National Survey of Civic Culture (ENCUCI) carried out in 2020. To achieve this goal, the research design is non-experimental, cross-sectional, the results derived from a Political satisfaction Index that shows the following findings: the older the young people and adults elected, the citizen's satisfaction with democracy decreases and the concern about the issues on the country's agenda increases. These results contribute to the realization of proposals that allow the construction of public policies and the involvement of young people in the processes of participation and civic practices that contribute to improving the quality of democracy in Mexico.

Palavras-chave : Democracy; political culture; youth; citizen practices.